The RADiUS indie thriller It Followsfound lots of audience members tracking it into theaters in its debut weekend, opening in four locations to 2015’s best limited-release debut so far, at nearly $41,000 per theater. The strong numbers are all the more impressive given the relatively crowded box office.

Among other films, IFC Films opened Ethan Hawke‘s documentary Seymour: An Introduction in a pair of locations with a decent start. Unison/Paladin’s New Zealand vampire comedy-horror pic What We Do In The Shadows continues to take a solid bite out of box office, adding theaters in its fifth week.

Boasting great reviews and a 95% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, It Follows opened in NYC and LA, breathing some brio into a specialty box office mostly sustained so far by 2014 holdovers cashing in on the awards race. The cerebral thriller, which premiered in Cannes, grossed an impressive $163,453 for a robust $40,863 PTA. Not bad for a second-time feature filmmaker and a cast devoid of household names. It Follows box office has already surpassed David Robert Mitchell’s first film, The Myth Of The American Sleepover, which IFC Films opened in July 2011.

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“The best reviews of the year, smart horror fans, sex, and Friday the 13th combined to deliver an extraordinary opening,” said RADiUS Co-President Tom Quinn in a release. “We’re looking forward to a robust theatrical expansion filled with dread and mayhem.”

IFC Films opened Seymour: An Introduction, Hawke’s non-fiction directorial debut about pianist and teacher Seymour Bernstein. The feature had a good run last fall at the Toronto, New York and Denver film festivals ahead of its theatrical bow this weekend. It grossed $26,320 in two New York locations, averaging $13,160.

“Seymour: An Introduction played strongly in its opening weekend in its two locations in New York City,” IFC said in a release. “The film will roll out to the top markets over the next month as the positive word of mouth continues to build.”

Cohen Media Group opened French filmmaker Benoît Jacquot’s 3 Hearts at a single location in New York after opening the Rendez-Vous with French Cinema series in NYC the prior week. It grossed $12,272.

Rialto took The Tales Of Hoffman, a 4K restoration of the 1951 classic, to two locations, grossing $20K ($10K PTA). Rialto noted that the L.A. showings at Cinefamily had limited play times over the weekend.

Magnolia bowed musical documentary The Wrecking Crew in 7 locations, grossing $63K ($9K PTA). The feature will expand to 25 theaters next week. TWC opened Spanish title Eva in 50 locations. The sizable rollout didn’t push up its absolute numbers, however. It grossed just $10,150 for a paltry $203 PTA.

Sony Classics added 6 locations for doc Merchants Of Doubt in its second frame, grossing $28,588 in 10 theaters ($2,859 PTA). It bowed in four theaters grossing $20,327 last week ($5,082 PTA, $54,242 cume). Abramorama added four locations for An Honest Liar in its second week, grossing just under $13K ($2,155 PT) and a $31,165 cume.

Among other holdovers, Roadside/Black Label Media’s ’71 starring Jack O’Connell added 49 theaters in its 3rd weekend. The thriller set in Northern Ireland during the “Troubles” grossed $207,649, averaging $3,195. Last week, the film grossed $70,590 ($4,411 PTA). ’71 has cumed $378,127.

Music Box Films more than doubled the screen count for Gett: The Trial Of Viviane Amsalem in the title’s fifth weekend. It grossed $85K in 34 theaters for a $2,500 PTA for a $354,651 cume. Last weekend the film grossed $53,361 ($3,557 PTA).

Moore’s Still Alice, which won her the Best Actress Oscar, continues to have a solid showing. It grossed just more than $1 million this weekend in 740 theaters, down 457 from last weekend theater count of 1,197 locations. It has cumed $16,439,864.

Best Picture and Best Director-winner Birdman grossed $215K in 239 theaters ($900 PTA), a 70% drop from last weekend’s $733K in 777 theaters. It has now cumed over $42M.

SPC’s foreign language Oscar-nominee Wild Tales had the best PTA outside of the weekend’s newcomers. The foreign-language Oscar nominee grossed $268,271 in 68 theaters, up 40 from the previous weekend, averaging $3,945 ($847,520 cume). Sony Classics’ fellow foreign-language nominee, Leviathan, grossed just under $59K in 49 theaters (down from 71 last week). It averaged $1,204 and has cumed just under $1.1M in 12 weeks.